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Mariam Maghribi, Chief Business Officer for Shifamed, spoke with Ophthalmology Times about the Atia Vision IOL device at this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

Nick Curtis, CEO at LENSAR, met with Ophthalmology Times to discuss their co-development with Oertli on their phaco device and LENSAR's Ally treatment system at the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Rick Lewis, MD, Chief Medical Officer for ViaLase met with Ophthalmology Times to discuss completion of their important pivotal trial called VIA-002, which is a randomized prospective trial of the use of the ViaLase Laser versus SLT in adult patients with primary open angle glaucoma at the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Penny Asbell, MD, FACS, spoke with Ophthalmology Times about her poster on results from the ARMOR Study and latest diagnostic and therapeutic advancements in ocular infections at this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

Sean Hanlon, CEO of CoFi, spoke with Ophthalmology Times about company updates as well as their integration with CareCredit at this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

Clara Chan, MD, FRSCS, FACS, DABO, from the University of Toronto spoke with Ophthalmology Times about their study on the consistency of outcomes across 3 different cohorts of patients that were internationally collected at this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

Oliver Hvidt, CEO and co-founder of Norlase, spoke with Ophthalmology Times about the company's 4-year journey from AAO 2019 to present at this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

Swarup Swaminathan, MD, spoke with Ophthalmology Times about using the Heidelberg SPECTRALIS and caring for our Glaucoma patients at this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

Daniel Chang, MD, spoke with Ophthalmology Times about his poster "Clinical performance of a diffractive, extended depth-of-focus IOL, with violet light filtering and high-resolution lathing" at this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

Megan Baldwin, MD, founder of Opthea Limited, spoke with Ophthalmology Times about the company's ShORe and COAST clinical trials at this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

Rich Small, CEO of Neurotech, spoke with Ophthalmology Times about the company's development of encapsulated cell therapy, NT-501, at this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

First-in-human feasibility study.

Caroline Baumal, Chief Medical Officer at Apellis, spoke with Ophthalmology Times on the GALE extension study of pegcetacoplan for geographic atrophy, and shared insights on her career transition, emphasizing the significance of mentorship and a passion for one’s work at this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting in San Francisco.

Ben Bergo, CEO of Visus Therapeutics spoke with Ophthalmology Times about the study on presbyopia, BRIO-I at this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

Anthony Wallace, BS, MBA, vice president and general manager of the surgical business at Bausch + Lomb North America spoke with Ophthalmology Times about 3 new technologies the company launched at this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

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A new study focuses on the specific visual field conditions and defects that can result in an increased risk of vehicular accidents, particularly in the aging population.

Ophthalmology experiences lower burnout rates compared with other medical fields, but the profession is not immune to the issue, explains Peter J. McDonnell, MD.

Daniel H. Chang, MD, shared highlights of his presentation on a first-in-human clinical feasibility study of a dual-optic accommodating IOL system.

Analysis showed low-dose, preservative-free formulation of atropine is effective in slowing progression in children aged 3 to 17, living in the US and European Union.

Ab-interno implantation of a supraciliary allograft bio-tissue successfully reduced intraocular pressure (IOP) with comparable safety to other minimally invasive glaucoma surgical (MIGS) procedures

The company presented topline Phase I/II first-in-human results at the 127th American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting in San Francisco, demonstrating significant improvement in visual field, in concordance with trended improvements in visual acuity and functional vision.

According to the study, detailed in presentations at the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s annual meeting in San Francisco, pegcetacoplan injection reduced nonsubfoveal GA lesion growth by over 40% (monthly) in Year 3 compared to projected sham in the GALE extension study.

RxSight Inc announced educational opportunities and product updates at the American Academy of Ophthalmology's 127th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California.

At this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting, Mary Elizabeth Hartnett, MD, of the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University presented on gender disparities in vision loss and blindness.

According to data presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting in San Francisco, a study of children with cell disease finds 1 in 3 had retinopathy.

Edward J. Holland, MD, and Professor Shigeru Kinoshita, MD, discuss how a single donor cornea could potentially help over a thousand patients.

Results showed that IZERVAY met the primary objective of reducing the rate of geographic atrophy (GA) growth in patients treated monthly compared to sham-treated patients

David Hutton of Ophthalmology Times spent time with Esen K Akpek, MD, who discussed her presentation at this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

Kerrie Brady, president and chief executive officer of OcuTerra Therapeutics, shares progress in their Phase 2 DR:EAM Diabetic Retinopathy study, with promising results expected in Q1 2024 for their innovative eye drop treatment, OTT166.